How Vinyl Flooring Made With Uyghur Forced Labor Ends Up at Big Box Stores
The industry calls it “luxury vinyl tile.” In reality, much of that plastic relies on toxic chemicals — and immense labor abuses.
154 posts found for ‘prison industrial complex’
Prosecutors Silence Evidence of Cruel Factory Farm Practices in Animal Rights Cases
The government wants to keep juries from seeing gruesome evidence of animals in distress — the very reason activists are going into farms.
Private Prisons Are a Socially Responsible Investment, According to Bizarre Wall Street Measures
Defense contractors, fossil fuel companies, and pharmaceutical giants have also used superficial measures like diverse boards to earn inclusion in so-called socially conscious ESG funds.
Russia Is Losing a War Against Hackers Stealing Huge Amounts of Data
Dozens of Russian companies and government agencies have been hacked in apparent retribution for the invasion of Ukraine.
Your Kitchen Floor May Have Been Made With Uyghur Forced Labor
Tracking how goods made by Uyghurs toiling in plastics factories end up in U.S. stores.
In Furor Over Poet With Child Porn Conviction, Prison Abolitionists Debate the Limits of Mercy
Is Poetry magazine "platforming toxicity" or promoting the "practice of freedom"?
Confronting the Long Arc of U.S. Border Policy
An excerpt from the new book “Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism.”
Trump’s Last Defense Secretary Has Regrets — but Not About Jan. 6
Chris Miller, a combat veteran, is battling critics who say he failed to send troops when a mob stormed the Capitol.
The Teamsters and the UAW Gear Up for Struggle
The fight is heating up — but wins for workers won’t come easy.
The Democrats’ Long War on Immigrants
Author Harsha Walia discusses the Democratic Party’s fundamental role in shaping the long arc of U.S. border policy.